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Preparing the website for a release

Update gpg key

As the release approaches, watch the fedora-release package for a
new key to be added. Use the update-gpg-keys script in the
fedora-web git repository to add it to static/. Manually add it
to /keys and /verify.

Branch master for stable release in fedora-web git repository

Perhaps this should be done right after release?

git branch f12 master && git push origin f12

Unfreeze website

Comment out the git checkout line in
modules/fedora-web/files/syncStatic.sh on puppet1.

Prepare puppet commits

Prior to release day, prepare puppet commits to move the fedora-web branch to
the release (alpha, beta, final, whatever) and, edit
redirects.conf (in modules/fedora-web/files on
puppet1) to do the right thing with /get-prerelease
requests.

Fire in the hole

# Ensure you have the puppet repo checked out to ~/puppet and up to date
cd ~/puppet && make HOSTS="puppet1 proxy1 proxy2 proxy3 proxy4 proxy5" push
# Once /usr/local/bin/syncStatic is updated with your changes, run
sudo /usr/local/bin/syncStatic
# To sync the changes out, you can use func if you have sudo on puppet1.
# Otherwise, SSH to the proxies and call the below command.
sudo func proxy\* call command run "/usr/local/bin/syncFiles.sh fedoraproject.org /srv/web/fedoraproject.org/"

to push the updated website live.

Fedora 12 Notes

The times below are based on the timing of the website build and sync cronjobs.
It'd be a good idea to double check those in advance.
Unfreeze website (modules/fedora-web/files/syncStatic.sh), push after 9:05 AM EDT.
Run sudo /usr/local/bin/syncStatic on puppet1 after 9:45 AM EDT, make sure this
succeeds by checking /var/lib/puppet/application/fedoraproject.org.
Release:
Push commit to redirect get-prerelease to get-fedora.
sudo func proxy\* call command run "/usr/local/bin/syncFiles.sh fedoraproject.org /srv/web/fedoraproject.org/"
Manually run
sudo /usr/local/bin/syncFiles.sh fedoraproject.org /srv/web/fedoraproject.org/
on any proxy server where the func call did not succeed.
If necessary, clear proxy caches using
rm -rf /srv/cache/mod_cache/*
After the site is out, do link checking and push any last-minute fixes/changes
by committing to the git repo, running syncStatic, and syncing to the proxies
as above.
Update the static banner on start.fedoraproject.org. The procedure is the
same as with fedoraproject.org, except that the command to run on the
proxies is
sudo /usr/local/bin/syncFiles.sh start.fedoraproject.org /srv/web/start.fedoraproject.org/